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Old 09-21-2012, 08:30 PM   #8
Trissinas

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KhunChin, thank you for the link. Unfortunately I am now more confused

It seems to contradict what I have read elsewhere. That interview says that 70% will be appointed and 30% elected. I read elsewhere that 70% would be elected by special groups of people, for example, a specific profession.

Which is it, does anyone know?

What are the different groups be be able to elect the 70%?

New Zealand has a similar system, although not as extreme. There are 120 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the New Zealand Parliament. Of these 120 seats in parliament, 7 are Maori seats (Maori are the native people of New Zealand) and only Maori can vote for those seats. But a Maori person has to choose every election if they want to vote on the Maori roll or the General roll. They only get one vote.
After i posted part two of the interview with the PAD guy, he called me back to explain that i had mis-quoted him on the 70% elect thing. He explained that it had only been an idea proposed on the PAD stage, but had not been decided to implement it in any future govt.

I wouldn't therefore, go into too much of a frenzy about this 70% thing as it was only a possible 'idea' (according to him anyway!)

Below is a link to an excellent page on PAD's New Policies:

http://www.prachatai.com/english/pri...ion.php?id=692
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